Lockout/Tagout (2018)
Summary
TLDRThe video script emphasizes the importance of lockout/tagout procedures in safeguarding nearly 3.3 million workers from machinery-related injuries and fatalities. It outlines the OSHA standard 29 CFR 1910.147, detailing how to control hazardous energy during maintenance. The script covers training requirements, proper lockout/tagout techniques, and special considerations for group work and contractor scenarios. It stresses the need for compliance to prevent accidents and the critical role of regular inspections and employee retraining.
Takeaways
- 🔐 Lockout tagout is a safety procedure designed to prevent accidental activation of machinery during maintenance, protecting nearly 3.3 million employees each year.
- 🚨 The standard is crucial for compliance, preventing an estimated 120 fatalities and 50,000 injuries annually.
- 🛠️ It applies to all employees working with machinery that requires service or maintenance where hazardous energy could be released.
- 📚 OSHA's 29 CFR 1910.147 standard mandates lockout tagout to control hazardous energy before servicing or maintenance.
- 👷♂️ Three types of employees are identified for training: authorized employees, affected employees, and other employees, each with specific training requirements.
- 🛠️ Employers must provide written lockout tagout procedures and ensure they are followed, including isolating machines from energy sources and using locks or tags.
- 🔗 Lockout devices must be standardized, durable, and identifiable, while tagout devices must be clear, tough, and attached with a non-reusable cable.
- 🔄 Annual inspections of lockout tagout procedures by employers are required to ensure compliance and safety.
- 🔄 Special procedures are needed for group lockout tagout, outside contractors, and during shift changes to maintain continuity of protection.
- ⚠️ The script emphasizes the importance of following lockout tagout procedures correctly to prevent injuries and fatalities.
Q & A
What does 'lockout tagout' refer to in the context of workplace safety?
-Lockout tagout refers to specific practices and procedures designed to safeguard employees from the unexpected energization or startup of machinery and equipment, or the release of hazardous energy during service or maintenance activities.
Why is compliance with the lockout tagout standard important?
-Compliance with the lockout tagout standard is crucial as it is estimated to prevent 120 fatalities and 50,000 injuries each year, ensuring the safety of employees working with machinery that may require servicing or maintenance.
Which standard does OSHA address lockout tagout under, and what is its purpose?
-OSHA addresses lockout tagout under the standard 29 CFR 1910.147, 'The Control of Hazardous Energy.' Its purpose is to ensure that machines or equipment are isolated from energy sources and rendered inoperative before servicing or maintenance to prevent accidental activation.
How does the lockout tagout standard protect employees?
-The lockout tagout standard protects employees by requiring that before any servicing or maintenance is performed, machines or equipment must be isolated from the energy source, rendered inoperative, and secured with lockout or tagout devices to prevent unexpected energization or startup.
What are the estimated benefits of the lockout tagout standard in industries like automobile and steelmaking?
-The lockout tagout standard has reduced fatalities from unexpected activation of machinery in industries such as automobile and steelmaking by 20 to 55 percent since its implementation.
What should be included in an employer's written lockout tagout procedures?
-Employers should provide written procedures that outline the scope, purpose, authorization rules, and techniques for the lockout tagout process, including specific steps for isolating, blocking, shutting down the machine or equipment, and the responsibilities for lockout tagout devices.
Who are the three types of employees identified by OSHA for lockout tagout training, and what training should they receive?
-OSHA identifies 'authorized employees,' who are trained to lockout or tagout machines; 'affected employees,' who must understand the importance of not using locked out or tagged out machines; and 'other employees,' who need to understand lockout tagout rules but are not part of the process. Each type receives training appropriate to their role.
What is the responsibility of an authorized employee in the lockout tagout process?
-An authorized employee is responsible for knowing how machines are powered, recognizing hazardous energy sources, isolating and controlling energy sources, and disconnecting equipment from power sources using lockout or tagout methods.
How often should the lockout tagout energy control procedure be inspected by the employer?
-The lockout tagout energy control procedure should be inspected by the employer at least once a year to ensure all employees are following the procedure and to identify and correct any problems.
What are the criteria that locks and tags used in the lockout tagout procedure must meet?
-Locks must be durable, standardized within the facility, and strong enough to prevent removal without heavy force or tools. Tags must be standardized, readable in various conditions, tough, and attached with a non-reusable, self-locking nylon cable that can withstand significant pressure.
What steps should be followed when removing lockout tagout devices from a machine?
-Before removing lockout tagout devices, the authorized employee must verify isolation, ensure tools are removed, confirm all employees are at a safe distance, and notify all affected employees. If the employee who applied the device is absent, the employer must verify their absence, attempt to contact them, and inform them of the removal upon their return.
Outlines
🔒 Lockout Tagout: Essential Safety Practices
This paragraph introduces the concept of lockout tagout (LOTO), emphasizing its importance in preventing injuries and fatalities among workers servicing equipment. LOTO is a set of procedures designed to ensure that machinery is isolated from energy sources during maintenance to avoid accidental activation. The paragraph highlights the legal basis for LOTO under OSHA's 29 CFR 1910.147 standard and outlines the estimated benefits of compliance, such as preventing 120 fatalities and 50,000 injuries annually. It also covers the overview of LOTO training, including standards for locks and tags, proper procedures, and special considerations like group LOTO and changes in personnel.
👷♂️ Training and Roles in Lockout Tagout
Paragraph 2 delves into the training requirements for different types of employees involved in LOTO: authorized employees, affected employees, and other employees. Authorized employees are those trained to lockout or tagout machines, while affected employees work with machines under LOTO. Other employees need to understand LOTO rules but are not part of the process. The paragraph stresses the need for retraining when job assignments or procedures change and the annual inspection of LOTO procedures by employers. It also details the criteria for locks and tags used in LOTO, including their durability, standardization, and identification requirements.
🛠️ Procedures and Guidelines for Lockout Tagout
Paragraph 3 outlines the step-by-step procedures for applying LOTO, including shutting down machines, isolating energy sources, and applying locks and tags. It discusses the release of stored energy and the verification of isolation before work commences. The paragraph also addresses the removal of LOTO devices, the handling of machine testing or positioning, and the coordination between on-site and outside contractors regarding LOTO. It introduces the concept of group LOTO and shift changes, emphasizing the continuity of protection for workers. The paragraph concludes with a reminder of the critical nature of LOTO in preventing injuries and the importance of adhering to the standard without shortcuts.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Lockout Tagout
💡Hazardous Energy
💡OSHA
💡Authorized Employee
💡Affected Employee
💡Energy Control Procedures
💡Lockout Device
💡Tagout Device
💡Group Lockout Tagout
💡Shift or Personnel Changes
💡Outside Contractors
Highlights
Nearly 3.5 million jobs require workers to service equipment, putting them at risk of injury without proper lockout tagout implementation.
Lockout tagout refers to practices and procedures to safeguard employees from unexpected energization or startup of machinery.
Compliance with lockout tagout standards is estimated to prevent 120 fatalities and 50,000 injuries annually.
Lockout tagout standard applies to all employees working with machines needing service or maintenance.
The standard is addressed by OSHA under 29 CFR 1910.147, controlling hazardous energy.
Lockout tagout is required to ensure machines are isolated from energy sources before servicing.
OSHA estimates the lockout tagout standard protects 3.3 million employees each year across 1 million firms.
Employers must provide written lockout tagout procedures outlining scope, purpose, authorization, and techniques.
Authorized employees are trained to know how to lockout or tag out machines and recognize hazardous energy sources.
Affected employees must understand the importance of not using machines that are locked out or tagged out.
Other employees need to understand lockout tagout rules and not attempt to re-energize locked out machines.
Employees should be retrained when job assignments, machines, or energy control procedures change.
Employers are required to inspect lockout tagout energy control procedures at least once a year.
Locks used for lockout procedures must meet specific criteria, including durability and standardization within the facility.
Tags for tagout procedures must be standardized, durable, and include a legend warning of dangers.
Before servicing, authorized employees must shut down machines according to manufacturer procedures and isolate energy sources.
Lockout devices should lock energy isolation devices in the safe or off position; tags are used if locking is not possible.
Stored energy must be released, disconnected, restrained, and rendered safe before work begins on locked out or tagged out machines.
A six-step procedure for hazardous energy control includes preparation, shutdown, isolation, application of lockout tagout devices, release of stored energy, and verification of isolation.
Lockout tagout saves lives and prevents injuries when procedures are followed correctly, emphasizing the importance of safety.
Transcripts
nearly three and 1/2 million jobs
require workers to service equipment
that puts them at great risk of injury
if lockout tagout is not properly
implemented lockout tagout refers to
specific practices and procedures to
safeguard employees from the unexpected
energization or startup of machinery and
equipment or the release of hazardous
energy during service or maintenance
activities compliance with the lockout
tagout standard is estimated to prevent
120 fatalities and 50,000 injuries each
year the lockout tagout standard applies
to all employees who work with or are
around machines that may need to be
serviced or maintained the overview of
this instructional video will cover what
lockout tagout is training of lockout
tagout procedures standards for locks
and tags proper procedures for lockout
tagout and procedures for special
lockout tagout occasions such as with
outside contractors group lockout tagout
and shift or personnel changes
lockout/tagout is a set of safety
procedures designed to reduce the risk
of injury due to accidental activation
of machinery or energizing of electrical
systems during servicing or maintenance
it is addressed by OSHA under the
standard 29 CFR 19 10.1 47 the control
of hazardous energy lockout tagout is
required to ensure that before any
employee performs any servicing or
maintenance on a machine or equipment
where the unexpected energizing startup
or release of stored energy could occur
and cause injury the machine or
equipment shall be isolated from the
energy source and rendered inoperative
OSHA estimates that the lockout tagout
standard protects an average of 3.3
million employees each year at 1 million
firms and that it has reduced fatalities
from unexpected activation of machinery
at facilities in the automobile and
steelmaking industries by 20 to 55
percent in the years since promulgation
all employers should make written
procedures available the procedures
should clearly outline the scope purpose
authorization rules and techniques to be
utilized for the lockout tagout process
procedures should include the following
a specific statement of the intended use
of the procedure written specific steps
for isolating blocking and shutting down
the machine or equipment specific
procedural steps for the placement
removal and transfer of lockout tagout
devices and the responsibility for them
and specific requirements for testing a
machine or equipment to determine the
effectiveness of the lockout device
tagout device and other energy control
measures employers should provide
special training for employees to assure
control of hazardous energy in the
workplace OSHA identifies three types of
employees and the training they should
receive authorized employees are trained
to know how machines are powered and the
procedures necessary to lockout or tag
out the machine or equipment authorized
employees must know how to recognize
hazardous energy sources and what type
and amount of energy they contain they
must also know how to isolate and
control that energy source to prevent
accidents only an authorized employee is
allowed to disconnect the equipment
being serviced or maintained from the
power source or sources using either
lockout tagout or both methods an
employee whose job requires him or her
to operate or use a machine or equipment
on which servicing or maintenance is
being performed under lockout or tagout
or whose job requires him or her to work
in an area in which servicing or
maintenance is being performed is called
an affected employee they must know the
purpose and procedures for energy
control to fully understand the
importance of not using a machine that
is locked out or tagged out an affected
employee becomes an authorized employee
when that employee's duties include
performing service or
that's covered under this standard
employees who work in areas where the
energy control procedures are used but
are not a part of the process are termed
other employees it is important for them
to understand lockout tagout rules and
to not attempt to re-energize machines
that are locked out or tagged out they
also need to learn the limitations of
the tag out devices it is important that
all employees follow the central rule no
one should ever try to start equipment
that is locked out or tagged out
employees should be retrained when their
job assignments change the machines
change equipment or process creates new
hazards and when energy control
procedures change an employee is also
required to be retrained if during an
inspection he or she doesn't appear to
follow or fully understand the procedure
inspection of the lockout tagout energy
control procedure by the employer is
required at least once a year the person
conducting the inspection must not be
involved in using the specific energy
control procedures that are being
inspected during the inspection the
employer or authorized employee checks
to see if all employees are following
the lockout tagout procedure the
inspector reviews lockout
responsibilities with all authorized
employees inspections help find and
correct problems and keep employees safe
inspection documentation should identify
the machine on which the energy control
procedure was inspected the date of the
inspection employees included in the
inspection and the person performing the
inspection
the locks used for a lock out procedure
must meet certain criteria the locks can
either be keyed or combination locks
cannot be used for any other purpose the
locks must be durable enough for the
heat cold humidity or corrosiveness of
the environment in which they will be
used every lock used for the lock out
procedure must be standardized within
the facility in at least one of the
following criteria color size or shape
locks must be strong enough that they
cannot be removed without heavy force or
tools like bolt cutters each lock must
identify the name of the employee who
installs it the tags for a tag out
procedure must meet similar requirements
each tag must have the same print and
format throughout the facility the tags
must be easy to read and understand even
if used in corrosive dirty or damp areas
tags must be tough enough that they can
not be removed easily a nylon cable must
be used to attach each tag the cable
cannot be reusable it must be able to be
attached by hand the cable must be
self-locking and it must be able to
withstand 50 pounds of pressure before
release tags don't lock out energy but
only warn of the dangers tag out devices
should include a legend such as do not
start do not open do not close do not
energize and do not operate the
installers name must be located on the
front of the tag
before the authorized or affected
employee shuts down the machine or
equipment the authorized employee needs
to know the type and amount of energy
the hazards of the energy and the method
and means to control it the machine will
then be shut down according to the
procedures required by the manufacturer
an orderly shutdown must be used to
avoid increased hazards to employees as
a result of incorrect shutdown all
energy the machine utilizes will then be
located and isolated from their sources
the lockout tagout device can then be
placed on the energy isolation device by
the authorized employee the lockout
device should lock the energy isolation
device in the safe or off position if
the isolation device is not capable of
being locked out then the use of a tag
is required the tag should be placed as
close as safely possible to the device
so it will be immediately obvious to
anyone trying to activate the machine or
equipment tag out devices are also
permissible when the employer can safely
prove that the tagout device will
provide employee protection equal to the
lockout device the tag must be placed at
the same point the lockout device would
have been attached the tagout device
must clearly prohibit anyone from
activation of the machine or equipment
stored energy must be released
disconnected restrained and rendered
safe these energy sources include
electrical pneumatic hydraulic
mechanical thermal chemical and the
force of gravity before starting work on
the machine that has been locked out or
tagged out the authorized employee
should verify that the isolation of the
machine or equipment has been achieved
before any locks and tags can be removed
from isolation devices the authorized
employee must follow procedures set
forth by OSHA
the authorized employee must make sure
that tools are removed from the machine
or equipment and all components are
operational all employees should be at a
safe distance from the machine or
equipment each lockout tagout device
should be removed by the employee who
applied the device if the employee who
applied the lockout tagout device is not
present the device can be removed under
the direction of the employer the
procedure to follow in the case of an
absent authorized employee is as follows
the employer needs to verify that the
employee is absent from the facility
reasonable efforts to contact the
employee about the lockout tagout
removal needs to be made the absent
employee will need to be informed that
their lockout tagout device was removed
before they return to work
sometimes lockout/tagout devices are
required to be removed so that the
machine can be tested or positioned the
following sequence of actions should be
followed clear the machine of any tools
and materials used make sure there are
no other employees in the machine or
equipment area remove the lock out tag
out devices from the energy isolation
devices energized and proceed with
testing or positioning deactivate all
systems and reapply energy control
procedures as required by the lockout
tagout procedures from time to time
employers will hire outside contractors
to service the machine or equipment the
on-site employer and outside employer
need to inform each other of their
respected lockout tagout procedures the
on-site employer then needs to make sure
his or her employees understand and
comply with the restrictions of the
outside employers energy control program
in some instances an entire crew or
group will be responsible for lockout
tagout of machines or equipment one
member of the crew needs to be appointed
with the primary responsibility for the
crew and for keeping all members of the
crew safe during lockout each authorized
employee must place their lockout tagout
device on the group lockout device or
lock box when they begin work and remove
it when they stop work on the machine
when shift or personnel changes carry
through from one shift to another
there must be continuity of protection
for off-going employees and oncoming
employees the employees must follow
shift change procedures set by the
employer the lockout tagout procedures
are a method of keeping equipment from
being activated and endangering workers
be sure to follow the six step procedure
for hazardous energy control preparation
for shut down equipment shut down
machine or equipment isolation
application of lockout tagout device
release stored energy verification of
isolation
follow closely the steps for removing
locks and tags clean out any tools or
materials in the machine
make sure all employees are at a safe
distance away and notify all affected
employees that the machine is being
activated lockout tagout saves lives and
prevents injuries
if procedures are followed correctly
never take shortcuts when it comes to
the safety of yourself and others
especially when working with hazardous
energy sources the standard can only
work if it's used correctly every time
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